Leak Detection in West Palm Beach

Finding the Source of Your Plumbing Leaks

Most homes have one or two very slow leaks hidden in their
plumbing system. The majority of these are at faucets and appliances. Sometimes, these
leaks are so slow that they aren’t ever noticed. However, small
leaks can add up, costing you hundreds of dollars (or more) per year!
Thankfully, our highly skilled plumbers at Premier Comfort Services, Inc.
know what to look for and will help you shut down that monthly leak from
your pocketbook.

Leaks can lead to high home repair costs in the form of:

Wasted water

Damaged wall boards

Carpet water stains

Mold growth in crawl spaces

How to Identify a Plumbing Leak

Before you call a plumber, it’s worth your time to identify whether
or not you have a plumbing leak in the first place.

The signs of a leak are pretty evident. They are:

High water bills

Pooling water near appliances

Visible water damage on carpets, ceilings, and walls

Dripping faucets or ceilings

For the last three, the leaks are pretty obvious. But when it comes to
subtle leaks that are hidden and dry out just quickly enough to evade
detection, how can you be certain that you aren’t just spending
that much water each month? First, make sure that no water is running
in your home. Take a look at the water meter outside and check for movement.
If the dial is still spinning, you have a leak somewhere in your home.

You can take this check a step further by shutting off the water main for
your home. With the water turned off, rechecking the dial should tell
you if the leak is located inside or outside your home’s plumbing.
Once you know for certain that there’s an actual leak, it’s
time to call our West Palm Beach plumbers for identification and plumbing repair!

Our Methods for Accurate Leak Detection

Hiring our professional plumbers for leak detection guarantees that we’ll
find the source of the leak and fix it quickly to prevent future or further
water damage and high utility bills. How do we find leaks in the plumbing
without digging into the walls? We have a suite of tools designed specifically
to find hidden leaks.

A quick visual inspection of available pipes and walls is usually the first
method we use to narrow the search to specific problem areas. Water damage
is usually the easiest way to find a leaky pipe, but when you want to
find the leak before it causes problems, we use listening devices and
IR cameras to find the source of the leak.

Professional leak detection is mostly listening. Acoustic technology can
pick up the sound of a drop of water through a wall and pinpoint exactly
where the drip is occurring. Once we know where the leak is, we can minimize
the amount of repair work that will need to be done for your home. Accurate
drip locating is just another quality service offered by Premier Comfort
Services, Inc.